Author: Michelle D. Kwasney
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429925256
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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We sat at the kitchen table, across from each other. In the same spots we sat for dinner up till a month ago. The shadows on the table looked like prison bars again. This time it was Star being caged. Star, who thought leaving made her free. That life would be all hunky-dory shampooing heads and sweeping floors while Mama got slapped around-far enough away so she wouldn't have to hear the screams. That's when I knew for sure-I couldn't leave Mama. And Star couldn't make me any more than I could make her stay. A painfully beautiful novel that exposes the haunting world of spousal abuse Blue's family is coming apart at the seams. After Pa drowned in the river, Mama up and married Jinx, whom Blue and Star know is big trouble. And now Star has run away, leaving Blue behind. It was hard enough to watch Mama get knocked around when Jinx was in one of his "moods," but now, with Star gone, Jinx has spun out of control. It's up to Blue to find Star and get help for Mama, to piece the family back together again. But Blue is running out of time. With biting realism and poignancy, this compelling young-adult novel explores Blue's struggle to protect her family and stand up against what she knows is wrong.
Author: John Berendt
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101643692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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A blue jay building a nest outside his window prompts John Berendt to find his camera and record the familiar, yet always fascinating sequence of events that will unfold, from eggs being laid to chicks emerging and trying to fly. Children and adults alike will be astonished at the adventurous spirit of one particularly curious young blue jay as he ventures into the world. The author of the best-selling Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brings his narrative skill to this up-close and delightfully informal account of an event that recurs each spring.
Author: Ashley Wolff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481415034
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Leaving the den as the weather warms, Baby Bear discovers blue birds, red strawberries, orange butterflies, and other colorful things in nature.
Author: Ainslie Pryor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780575044708
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The baby blue cat returns in his second illustrated book for young readers. Mama Cat has made a very special supper for her babies, but the baby blue cat is determined not to enjoy this delicious meal, and goes on saying no even when the other baby cats are tucked into bed.
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060532335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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The good ol' days are over. It's official, it's the news! With my brand-new baby brother came the brand-new baby blues! When a new baby wears her old pajamas, sleeps in her old bed, and seems to get all her parents' attention, a girl's bound to sing the blues. Is there anything a baby brother can do to change her tune?
Author: John Hutton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936669165
Category : Bedtime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Help your baby sleep safe and snug."--Back cover.
Author: Ariel Dalfen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470738685
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Book Description
A leading expert on postpartum depression offers new mothers an insightful, medically sound guide to recovery A full 20 percent of new moms will be affected by PPD--but the good news is that PPD is very responsive to treatment. This guide, written by psychiatrist and internationally acclaimed PPD specialist Ariel Dalfen, leads women out of the maze of depression, offering medical and psychotherapeutic options, practical lifestyle changes, and an impressive array of resources for further support. Complete with a PPD diagnosis questionnaire, a treatment plan checklist, and a table of medications and side effects, this upbeat guide also includes daily affirmations used by Dr. Dalfen's own patients when recovering from PPD. Dr. Ariel Dalfen (Toronto, ON) is a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and an acclaimed lecturer and medical researcher in the area of post-partum depression.
Author: Lloyd Albritton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781482327861
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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When two young boys, Buckshot and Pooty Barnhill, stumble upon the gruesome, headless corpse of a young white man in the woods of Nokomis, local Deputy Sheriff J. B. Coon, a farmer and part-time deputy, is summoned to investigate. Deputy Coon quickly targets a suspect in Manse Mobley, a mysterious old Negro moonshiner who rides a magnificent stallion and carries a shotgun. The bigger question, however, is why? Even as his boss pushes him to close the case "Unsolved," as just another shootout between two unimportant country hooligans fighting over a bottle of whiskey, J. B. suspects more. His curiosity and subsequent investigation lead him to one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the State of Alabama, Dr. John Blue and his beautiful wife, Marie. The Blues have secrets. Deep, dark secrets! As the Blues' secrets unfold, J. B. begins to wish he had listened to his boss and left that door closed, but once he has crossed the threshold of truth, there is no turning back. Other lives must now be destroyed. And J. B. Coon may be one of them.
Author: Rick Kirkman
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836236576
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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"Baby Blues is one of the truest and funniest accounts of raising a baby ever to grace the comics page." --Lynn Johnston, creator ofFor Better of For Worse When little Zoe MacPherson was born, she was the darling of the comics page. The daily antics of her parents, Wanda and Darryl, struggling to learn the nuances of being a mom and dad struck millions as all-too-real and all-too-hilarious! As Zoe has grown into a toddler--and welcomed baby brother Hamish into the family--the MacPherson clan has become an even bigger part of our daily lives. Even people who aren't parents cherishBaby Bluesfor its amusing artwork and spirited stories. The MacPhersons have entertained us with their calm approach to chaos for years. These two educated people attempt to apply logic and the wisdom of parenting manuals to the raising of their family, and then discover exhaustion bends all the rules. The strip captures real-life emotions, from the battle to get Zoe strapped into a car seat to trying to convince her that she's too old for her crib. Artist Rick Kirkman and writer Jerry Scott have recreated the family-strip genre with their warm and witty takes on child-rearing. InThe Super-Absorbent, Biodegradable, Family-Size Baby Blues, the duo relives the stories behind their favorite strips, allowing their many fans a glimpse into their own frazzled worlds. In addition, they've selected from among material since the strip began. ThisBaby Bluestreasury is a must-have forBaby Bluesfans everywhere, many of whom love the MacPhersons as if they were favorite members of their own dear families.
Author: Ainslie Pryor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590763660
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The baby blue cat loses his favorite toy, a smiley worm doll, and although Grandma makes him a new one he is inconsolable.
